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Olde Black and White England Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal - Lapworth to Stratford Olde black and white England Stratford-upon-Avon Canal - Lapworth to Stratford Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon is one of Britain’s top tourist attractions but, luckily for walkers, few of the bard-seeking visitors who pilgrim here spot the canal quietly ambling past town. The poet himself knew not how romantic the canals be, since their arrival came too late for his pen. This walk along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal treads the heart of Shakespeare’s own territory, beyond the River Avon, disappearing into the deepest greens of real Warwickshire countryside far away from over- English shops choking on souvenired clichés. Genuinely quaint black and white cottages blend with canal structures painted in the traditional black and white colours of the Canal & River Trust. Green smells of earth are only mildly blighted by the occasional hum of the distant motorway. Mary Arden’s House is only a short diversion from the water at Wilmcote if you need a Shakespearian fix, but you will meet some unusual canal features along this walk that will vie for your undivided attention. Mini aqueducts hang like chunky bathtubs over roads with cars passing underfoot. The aqueducts’ towpaths are weirdly low, letting you stand with 115 Lapworth to Stratford the water at waist height while you peer over the metal sides into the canal. Then there are mysteriously shaped barrel-roofed lock keepers’ cottages that line the water. The truth behind the quirk is purely practical: engineers building the Stratford Canal knew more about building bridges than houses, so when they had to build lock cottages for the lengthsmen, they adapted their skills, resulting in cottages with these curious barrel-shaped roofs (look out for the barrel-roofed garden shed erected on the canalside lawn of a local resident with a sense of humour). Like most canals, the Stratford has at times faced struggles for its survival. In 1959 passionate protests riled against the canal’s closure and gutsy restoration work from teams of enthusiastic helpers led to this section of the canal being reopened in 1964. Scattered along the canal, you’ll spot the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Society's (Sonacs) plaques commemorating the canal's reopening. British Waterways (now the Canal & River Trust) became increasingly involved in the ongoing struggle to maintain and operate the canal, eventually taking full charge of the canal's southern section in 1988. Improvements to any of Britain's canals are usually welcome, and some decisions are inevitably controversial. When Bancroft Basin was recently improved and enhanced for visitors, the David Hutchings Footbridge (famously built with the help of prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs and Birmingham) had to be removed, and many regret the loss. Where the walk ends in Stratford town, you can admire the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on the waterside, with those lurking gangs of Montague geese and Capulet swans. Then, after your day's peaceful walk it would almost be rude not to join tourists lolling on the grassy space on the banks of the River Avon and grab refreshments from the Baguette Barge or the floating ice-cream van in the Basin! 116 Lapworth to Stratford Highlight of the walk The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal has three unusual aqueducts – at Yarningale, Wootton Wawen and Edstone (also known as Bearley). The towpath is level with the base of the cast-iron canal trough and, as you walk across, your eye is level with boats which appear to be sailing as if perched in a bath tub. Each of the aqueducts has an ornate display board. Did you know? The footbridges on the Stratford- upon-Avon Canal were built in two halves with a 1-inch gap to allow ropes to pass through so that, in the days of horse-towed narrowboats, the boatman would not have to untie his horse from the boat as he walked along the towpath. Fascinating fact David Hutchings was appointed to manage the restoration of the southern section of the Stratford Canal by the National Trust (the custodians at the time). From 1961 to 1964, volunteers from societies, the Boy Scouts, the Army and even prisoners from Winson Green in Birmingham worked to restore the canal. It was finally reopened in 1964 by the Queen Mother. 119 Lapworth to Stratford Lapworth to Stratford Start: Where to eat Where to stay Lapworth Locks OS Grid ref: SP178714 Boot Inn Canalside B&Bs Finish: Lapworth. Near Lock 14. Gables Cottage & The Bach Stratford-upon-Avon T:01564 782464 www.bootinnlapworth.co.uk Wilmcote. A short walk from OS Grid ref: SP204548 bridge 59. Navigation Inn Distance: T:01789 296358 13 miles (10 to Wilmcote) Lapworth. Canalside by bridge 65 on the Grand Union Canal. www.gablescottage.co.uk Terrain: T:01564 783337 Flat easy walking. Can be Canalside cottages Fleur de Lys muddy after rain. Lengthsman's Cottage Lowsonford. Canalside near Lock 31. Lowsonford. Owned by the OS Explorer Map T:01564 782431 - 220/205 www.fleurdelys-lowsonford.com Landmark Trust. Canalside by Lock 31. The Crabmill Preston Bagot. Short walk from bridge 47A. T:01628 825925 The walk - step by step 6. A mile further on, below Preston T:01926 843342 www.thecrabmill.co.uk www.landmarktrust.org.uk Bagot Bottom Lock, the surroundings Navigation Inn Acanthus Cottage & Apple Loft 1. The 26 locks of the Lapworth Flight turn ever more rural with just bridges, Wootton Wawen. Canalside by Wootton Wilmcote. Both 4-star. Short Wawen Aqueduct. T:01564 792676 walk from bridge 59. spread nearly two miles, with the first & locks and the occasional house to www.the-navigationinn.co.uk last four straggling away from the main distract your thoughts until you reach T:01789 205889 Mary Arden Inn www.peartreecot.co.uk flight. Wootton Wawen. Wilmcote. Short walk from bridge 59. T:01789 267030 www.mary-arden.co.uk 4 Bancroft Place 3-star 2. Halfway down the flight, busy 7. Just past the wide basin, home to Masons Arms Stratford-upon-Avon. Canalside Kingswood Junction, with its moored Anglo Welsh Boats and the Navigation Wilmcote. A short walk from bridge 59. studio. boats, split bridges and white-washed Inn, Wootton Wawen Aqueduct carries T:01789 297416 T:01920 871849 cottages, connects the Stratford Canal the canal over the main A34. Pen & Parchment www.4bancroftplace.com Stratford-upon-Avon. Near Bancroft Basin. Canalside pubs & inns to the Grand Union via a short boat-filled T:01789 297697 www.pen-parchment- branch line. 8. Back in rural landscape for nearly stratford-upon-avon.co.uk Mary Arden Inn four miles, the only break is Bearley Wilmcote. Opposite Mary Red Lion 3. The M40 crosses the canal just before (or Edstone) Aqueduct, the longest of Stratford-upon-Avon. Canalside near Bancroft Arden's Farm, a short walk from Lapworth Bottom Lock though its noise the three (and the longest in England), Basin. T:01789 266858 bridge 59. can be heard for some time before and which carries the canal over a river, a The Encore T:01789 267030 www.mary-arden.co.uk after. Peace soon returns as the canal road and the railway. Stratford-upon-Avon. Opposite Bancroft Basin. And more continues its way through a landscape T:01789 269462 of fields, trees and sheep. 9. The canal then passes through www.theencorestratford.co.uk There's also a good choice of self-catering, B&B and hotel the outskirts of Wilmcote before Baguette Barge & The Elizabeth (Avon Ices) 4. A traditional 'lengthsman's' cottage descending towards Stratford via the 11 Stratford-upon-Avon. Moored in Bancroft accommodation in and around available for holiday lets is next to Lock Wilmcote Locks. Basin Stratford-upon-Avon. www.discover-stratford.com 31, and the Fleur de Lys pub opposite T:07963 956720 provides a welcome break. 10. The towpath is wider and better- Best picnic spot surfaced from Lock 40. The outskirts In Bancroft Basin, where canal meets Avon. 5. Past private moorings and the next of Stratford are visible from Lock 44 And more Large choice of pubs and cafés in Stratford. two locks, is the first of Stratford Canal's onwards and the canal meets the river unique aqueducts, Yarningale. Avon in Bancroft Basin. 120 121 Lapworth to Stratford How to get there Train info Lapworth (short distance from start of walk), Wilmcote & Stratford-upon-Avon National Rail Enquiries T:08457 484950 Bus info Traveline T:0871 2002233 Parking Roadside Local Tourist info Stratford-upon-Avon Visitor Info Centre T:01789 264293 www.discover-stratford.com Canal & River Trust Use the Canal & River Trust website to find specific local information. www.canalandrivertrust.org.uk Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Society (Sonacs) Formed in 1956, the society works in partnership with the Canal & River Trust on the continuing maintenance and improvement of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. T:01564 783672 www.stratfordcanalsociety.org.uk Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Stratford-upon-Avon. T:0844 8001110 www.rsc.org.uk Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Stratford-upon-Avon. T:01789 204016 www.shakespeare.org.uk Mary Arden's Farm Wilmcote. T:01789 293455 www.shakespeare.org.uk Boats Anglo Welsh Waterways Holidays Wootton Wawen. Holiday & day boat hire. T:0117 3041122 www.anglowelsh.co.uk Countess of Evesham Stratford-upon-Avon. Cruising restaurant boat. T:07836 769499 www.countessofevesham.co.uk 123.
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